Telegraph.co.uk reports........

"Barack Obama backtracks over Ground Zero mosque support
President Barack Obama has backtracked over his enthusiastic support for the building of a mosque near Ground Zero in New York, saying he was "not commenting on the wisdom of making the decision".

The decision to build an 15-storey Islamic centre in Manhattan, including a mosque, two blocks from the Ground Zero site of the September 11th terrorist attacks has incensed many Americans, with polls indicating that more than two-thirds oppose it.

Speaking at an iftar dinner held at the White House on Friday to mark the breaking of the Ramadan fast, Mr Obama abandoned his administration's previous stance that there would be no comment on the "local" issue.

Barack Obama in Turkey: US 'will never be at war with Islam'"As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country," he said. "And that includes the right to build a place of worship and a community centre on private property in Lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances."

These comments heartened many on the Left, though they drew a sharp rebuke from centrist Democrats fighting uphill battles to retain seats in the November mid-term elections.

"I would prefer the president be a little more of a politician and a little less of a college professor," wrote Martin Frost, a former Texas congressman, in an article for the news website Politico. "While a defensible position, it will not play well in the parts of the country where Democrats need the most help."

The comments also prompted an outpouring of indignation from the Right and among victims groups. Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House and a possible 2012 presidential candidate, accused him of "pandering to radical Islam", while Peter King, a New York congressman, said he had "caved in to political correctness".

Within 24 hours, Mr Obama was insisting that he had not meant to indicate that he supported the building of the community centre, but was simply making a legal point.

"I was not commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making the decision to put a mosque there," he said. "I was commenting very specifically on the right people have that dates back to our founding."

The clarification did little to blunt the conservative criticism of Mr Obama, while Glenn Greenwald, a lawyer and liberal blogger, summed up the frustration of those on the Left in a by tweeting on the microblogging website Twitter: "Well, it was nice spending a day thinking Obama did something courageous."

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So Mr. Obama what precisely are you twittering on about.
On the face of it, when the US decide to leave Iraq and Afghanistan the Muslims would have already built their golden temple in sight of the "Twin Towers" monument.....





The muslims are using local laws in New York to put this to effect.

It's not a New York problem it's a national problem.

It's not the New York Armed Forces that fight in Iraq and Afghanistan is it?

Obama states ...."I was commenting very specifically on the right people have that dates back to our founding."

Mr. Obama those words were for law abiding citizens that built the USA, not terrorists that have landed on your shores to create mayhem.

Mr. Obama, you could in effect be the "good guy" that is prophesied in "Revelations", who knows?

You have achieved very little in your country and you already are vying for re-election. So on what grounds have you to have the audacity to seek such a position?

This is where the American people can decide, parades are seemingly futile where a little x in the correct place will decide who is fit enough to preside over ones country.